Clint Eastwood’s son shares an update on his 94-year-old dad a few months after the death of his longtime partner
Six months later Clint EastwoodHis longtime girlfriend, Christina Sandera, has died, the 94-year-old’s son is sharing a rare update on how the veteran actor has been holding up.
In a new interview, Scott Eastwood told about his father’s path of grief so far.
“He’s good. He’s doing well,” Scott said People magazine. “He’s a survivor, a soldier.”
In July, Clint announced that his girlfriend of ten years had died.
“Christina was a lovely, caring woman and I will miss her very much,” he said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter at that time.
A few days later, Clint’s daughter, Morgan Eastwood, shared a photo of the couple, pointing out “devastating” loss.
“A devastating loss for our entire family,” Morgan wrote of Sandera, who died at the age of 61 on July 18. “Thank you Christina for being a good partner to my dad. You will be missed.”
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Sander’s cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia Monterey, California, County Health Department reads the death certificate obtained by Fox News Digital.
Eastwood and Sandera have kept their relationship under wraps for the past decade. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the couple first met when Sandera was employed as a host at Eastwood’s Mission Ranch Hotel and Restaurant in Northern California in 2014.
Sandera, who was a longtime resident of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California — home to Eastwood’s hotel — attended red carpet events with her boyfriend. The last event the couple attended together was the world premiere of Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” in 2018.
The award-winning actor and director is the father of eight children: Laurie Murray, Kimber Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Alison EastwoodScott Eastwood, Kathryn Eastwood, Francesca Eastwood and Morgan Eastwood.
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Clint was married twice. His first marriage was to model Maggie Johnson from 1953-64. The former couple did not finalize their divorce until 1984. He then married Dina Ruiz in 1996, and the couple divorced in 2014.
Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright and Janelle Ash contributed to this report.